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From YouTube: Joint Committee on Public Health and the Disabled and Persons with Special Needs 7-28-2020 (Part 1)
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The Joint Committees on People with Disabilities and Special Needs & Public Health and Human Services of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at 10:00 AM to hear testimony on the following items:
200310 Resolution authorizing the Committees on People with Disabilities & Special Needs and on Public Health & Human Services to hold joint hearings regarding the racial and ableist disparities of coronavirus infections and impacts in Philadelphia.
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A
Aware
that
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
because
the
hearing
is
public,
participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy.
By
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you
are
contending
to
be
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
members
for
questions
or
comments
that
they
may
have
for
witnesses.
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft
teams
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
A
B
B
This
was
even
a
new
turn
on
all
of
us
as
well,
because
what
we
learned
is
that
the
the
problem
of
the
disparity
and
the
differences
in
treatment
goes
even
further
and
either
even
deeper
than
we
even
expected,
and
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
today's
hearing
and
trying
to
find
ways
that
we
can
address
these
issues.
They've
been
going
on
and
my
office
has
been
working
on
these
issues
for
a
long
time
now,
and
it's
good
to
have
more
people
at
the
table.
B
More
conversation
really
just
trying
to
find
ways
to
address
this
need
more
than
just
a
couple.
People
working
on
this
in
silos,
we
all
need
to
be
working
on
this
issue
together.
So
again,
I
just
really
want
to
say
thank
you
to
my
colleagues,
thank
you
to
chairman
greene
and
for
all
of
those
who
are
willing
to
to
pitch
in
and
try
to
make
this
whole
situation
better,
because
I
believe
it
can
be
better.
I
believe
that
we
have
the
resources.
B
I
believe
the
city
of
philadelphia
has
the
money
that
it
needs
to
be
able
to
address
disparities
throughout
neighborhoods.
I
believe
we
have
a
thriving
health
and
medical
community
which
can
add
to
the
issue
of
disparities
in
a
positive
way
and
addressing
this
so
that
we
don't
have
what
we
have
right
now,
which
is
a
tale
of
two
cities,
so
I
believe
collectively
we
can
make
change.
We
can
get
some
things
done
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
that
today.
So
thank
you,
mr
chairman.
A
City
of
philadelphia
did
not
create
coven
19,
but
we
do
know
that
44
of
the
citizens
of
this
city
are
of
african
descent,
and
so
we,
as
a
city,
have
a
responsibility
to
do
all
that
we
can
to
address
this
issue
too.
Many
of
our
citizens
have
been
disproportionately
impacted
by
this
pandemic,
not
only
from
a
public
health
perspective,
but
also
from
an
economic
perspective,
and
that
expands
not
just
in
the
african
african
american
community,
but
also
our
latin
community,
as
well
as
the
disability
community.
A
What
coven
19
has
done
is
only
illuminated
the
disparities
that
many
people
in
our
city
are
dealing
with
every
day,
and
so
we
have
to
do
what's
our
responsibility
as
members
of
the
executive
branch
of
the
legislative
branch
to
do
make
changes.
This
issue
did
not
happen
overnight,
but
we
can't
shirk
our
responsibility.
A
A
A
D
As
we
all
are
aware,
and
as
you
have
already
demonstrated
in
your
remarks,
covet
19
has
disproportionately
impacted
communities
of
color
across
the
country,
and
here
in
philadelphia,
research
has
shown
that
racism,
not
race,
is
what
is
causing
the
vastly
disproportionate
impact
that
covet
19
is
having
on
people
of
color,
systematic
racism
and
structural
oppression
forces.
People
of
color
into
substandard
housing
that
is
more
crowded,
requires
us
to
rely
more
heavily
on
public
transportation
and
to
be
more
likely
to
work
on
jobs
in
the
front
line.
D
Our
essential
workers,
as
well
as
have
underlying
health
conditions
tied
to
food
deserts,
toxic
air
pollution
and
lack
of
access
to
health
care.
A
research
by
dr
barbara
at
drexel
university
found
in
philadelphia's
most
segregated
zip
codes.
The
rate
of
covet
19
infection
was
23
percent
higher
than
the
city-wide
average
and
two
times
higher
than
that
of
the
least
segregated
zip
codes.
D
However,
when
the
city
began
testing,
where
was
testing
most
easily
available,
not
in
these
predominantly
black
neighborhoods
as
research
by
dr
balau,
another
epidemiologist
at
drexel,
the
data
is
clear:
black
philadelphians
are
more
likely
to
get
coveted,
more
likely
to
be
hospitalized
and
more
likely
to
die,
and
we
have
less
access
to
testing.
This
is
unacceptable
and
another
example
of
how
generations
of
racism
continues
to
kill
black
americans
today.
D
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
so
much
to
my
colleagues,
both
chair
members,
green
and
bass,
for
hosting
this
hearing
today
and
for
the
experts
who
are
joining
us.
We,
as
the
elected
leaders
of
our
city,
are
responsible
for
ensuring
that
access
to
testing
and
treatment
are
available
to
everyone.
So
I
look
forward
to
continuing
this
work
with
all
of
you
and
thank
you
so
much
for
your
work.
Thank.
A
G
G
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
city,
council,
council,
councilman,
green
and
councilwoman
bass
for
the
leadership.
All
the
council.
People
who
are
connected
with
this
hearing
state
senate
had
a
why
black
people
are
dying
public
hearing
in
june
on
the
disproportionate
impact
of
code
on
african
americans,
and
so
this
is
one
of
a
number
of
hearings
in
which
I
participated.
G
They
all
come
down
to
a
few
factors
which
the
councilwoman
already
identifies
several
of
them.
I
think
the
question
now
is:
what
can
we
do
and
what
should
we
do
now?
Here
are
a
few
answers
number
one.
We
need
to
support
testing
in
the
african-american,
the
black
and
brown
communities,
so
those
communities
can
be
tested.
The
tracing
can
then
be
followed
and
the
quarantine
can
then
be
followed.
G
G
Who
can
do
the
testing
get
money
to
the
trusted
folks
who
can
do
the
tracing
and
organize
a
quarantine
system?
To
that
end,
dr
ayla
sanford's
organization,
along
with
pastor
mitchells,
is
the
leading
organization
in
the
united
states
of
america
for
the
testing
they
can
do
the
tracing.
So
I
think
getting
the
money
to
the
trusted.
People
is
the
number
one
thing
that
we
can
do
as
elected
officials,
since
our
job
is
largely
resource
allocation.
Dealing
with
the
question
of
who
gets
the
money.
G
G
These
black
jobs
are,
as
we
all
know,
janitorial
jobs,
cleaning,
people's
homes,
jobs
to
traditional
jobs.
Today,
these
traditionally
black
jobs
are
jobs
that
pay
seven
and
a
quarter.
They
are
the
low
paying
jobs
in
our
nation.
We
all
probably
on
this
committee,
know
we
got
to
get
the
minimum
wage
up.
We
got
to
get
pay
up
and
if
we
get
pay
up,
we
can
create
more
opportunity
for
our
folks,
so
that
so
that
they
have
more
choices
on
their
living
conditions.
G
The
density
questions,
so
systemic
racism
is
related
to
rules
that
we
in
government
have
created
to
give
you
one
more
rule
of
systemic
racism.
In
addition
to
low
pay,
deny
black
people
quality
education.
We
know
that
during
enslavement
it
was
illegal
to
educate
black
people
in
segregation.
We
had
separate
and
unequal,
and
today
the
funding
of
the
schools
that
educate
black
children
is
severely
underfunded.
G
G
C
You
good
morning,
chairpersons,
green
and
chairperson
bass
and
all
the
other
distinguished
honored
guests,
I'm
in
a
council
persons
of
the
joint
committees
of
people
with
disabilities
and
special
needs,
and
public
health
and
human
services.
Again,
I'm
state
representative
jake
wheatley,
I'm
the
senior
member
of
the
finance
committee
in
the
state
house.
I've
served
in
the
state
house
for
about
17
years
and
I'm
also
an
honorable
discharge.
Disabled
veteran
of
the
first
persian
gulf
war.
C
I
have
prepared
testimony
that
I'm
not
going
to
read
through
I'm
just
going
to
submit
to
you
all,
but
I
wanted
to
kind
of
go
off
of
what
senator
haywood
was
saying
and
first
I
want
to.
I
want
to
thank
our
current
governor
governor
wolf
in
one
respect,
because
he
I
believe,
has
tried
to
really
get
at
some
of
the
systems
that
we
are
discussing
today
by
recognizing
the
fact
that
we
have
to
do
drastic
changes
around
our
criminal
justice.
C
C
It
recognize
it
state
it
as
a
as
a
serious
issue
that
leaders
at
the
state
house
and
in
the
state
senate
and
in
the
governor's
mansion,
want
to
address
and
do
something
about,
and
then
we
actually
want
to
put
resources
and
time
and
attention
to
address
it.
We
know
that
there
are
root
systemic
problems
and
challenges
that
whenever
we
try
to
do
one
offs,
all
we're
doing
is
rearranging
the
deck,
but
we're
not
really
changing
it
at
its
core.
C
And
so
we
want
this
task
force
to
really
play
that
critical
role
to
be
that
lens
to
be
that
process
by
which
all
these
decisions
will
be
vetted
and
then
recommend
to
the
general
assembly
and
to
the
governor
courses
of
action
that
lives
beyond
just
one
individual
and
one
moment
in
time,
and
I
and
and
and
long
story
short.
I
think
this
moment
in
time.
C
This
pandemic
has
shown
us
that
we
certainly
do
have
two
systems,
two
groups
of
people
living
in
one
commonwealth
in
one
country,
and
that
is
not
always
equal
and
that
we
can't
just
that.
We
can't
just
continue
to
allow
those
systems
to
live
on
if
we're
ever
going
to
maximize
our
our
best
potential-
and
I-
and
I
say
this-
has
economic
realities-
it
has
systemic
realities
and
has
real
life
implications.
C
C
A
H
H
We
only
have
five
things
in
our
arsenal
to
protect
us
against
coronavirus.
We
know
that
there
is
no
cure.
There
is
no
vaccine
and
treatment
and
supportive
management
is
all
we
have.
So
those
five
things
are
education,
testing
that
includes
contact,
tracing
social,
distancing,
mask
wearing
and
hand
hygiene
period.
H
H
That
may
be
a
point,
but
it
is
not
the
only
reason-
and
I
know
this
because
I
am
seeing
people
every
day.
That
tell
me
that's
not
the
reason.
It's
because
when
an
elderly
funeral
home
director
in
west
philadelphia
tries
to
get
tested-
and
you
turn
him
away
because
he
doesn't
have
a
prescription
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
his
hypertension.
That
has
everything
to
do
with
your
implicit
bias
when
the
black
health
care
worker
can't
get
tested
at
work
because
their
white
superior
says
you're,
not
sick
enough,
and
you
don't
meet
criteria.
H
That's
someone
exerting
their
own
bias
against
someone
else
when
a
person
can't
get
a
prescription
when
they
show
up
somewhere,
because
their
doc
is
not
on
staff.
That's
a
problem
when
you
need
a
state
issued
id
in
order
for
someone
to
test
you
that's
a
problem,
and
I
I
don't
know
if
you
can
see
this,
but
this
was
just
yesterday
and
it
says,
must
have
prescription
new
and
must
have
id.
H
H
How
do
I
know
because
the
next
day
the
family
members
came
to
our
testing
site
saying
we
were
waiting
and
they
died
at
home.
We
cannot
go
back
to
that.
This
is
not
my
opinion.
In
june
of
2020
mit
and
the
brookings
institute
out
of
washington
dc
put
out
data
showing
that
it's
not
black,
people
are
unhealthy.
That
a
large
portion
is
contributed
to
population
density.
H
Your
occupation
and
lack
of
access
to
care
the
bottom
line-
and
these
are
the
real-time
examples
in
my
last
45
seconds,
the
cares
act
gave
44
billion
dollars
to
pennsylvania,
of
which
579
million
went
to
area
hospitals,
100
million
to
jeff,
70
million,
the
pen
temple
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
And,
yes,
that
was
to
help
them
with
the
money.
They
were
losing
not
doing
procedures,
but
where
was
the
outreach
to
the
most
vulnerable
population?
H
So
even
if
you
round
it
up-
and
you
include
the
health
care
workers
that
work
in
the
nursing
homes
and
the
personal
assisted
living
communities,
200
000
to
700
000-
where
is
the
push
for
those
individuals?
The
pennsylvania
department
of
health
allocated
125
million
dollars
to
temple,
to
jefferson,
to
penn
to
help
decrease
the
spread
in
the
nursing
home
and
those
agencies?
Yes,
that
should
happen,
but
where
is
the
125
million
dollars
to
black
community
in
one
nine
one?
Two,
oh
one,
nine
one!
Four,
oh
four.
H
Three:
three:
nine
and
one
nine
one,
three
one,
every
one
of
those
zip
codes
has
a
hospital
that
remember
received
a
portion
of
four
billion
dollars
to
be
spent
by
december
31st
2020
to
mitigate
the
spread.
I
haven't
seen
it.
I
know
that
there
are
more
pop-up
units,
but
if
they're
only
till
five
o'clock,
what
about
the
folks
that
are
working-
and
we
already
know
where
face
front
no
hours
on
weekends-
you
still
need
a
script.
This
is
what
I
would
suggest.
H
I
would
suggest
that
penn
and
jefferson
and
temple
and
einstein
and
pcom,
and
all
these
hospitals
that
have
in-house
testing
in-house
testing,
meaning
they
get
their
results
back
as
soon
as
four
hours,
sometimes
two
days.
Meanwhile,
the
folks
I'm
testing
are
waiting
10
to
14
days
to
get
their
results
back.
H
So
I
would
propose
for
an
action
item
that
one
day
a
week,
all
those
hospitals
that
got
millions
of
dollars
from
the
cares
act
and
from
the
pennsylvania
department
of
health,
decide
that
for
24
hours
or
from
9
00
a.m,
to
midnight
you're
going
to
open
your
doors,
you're
going
to
provide
barrier-free
testing
that
they
don't
need,
a
referral
that
they
don't
need.
A
state-issued
id.
H
Just
that
monday
is
einstein,
tuesday
is
temple.
Wednesday
is
jefferson,
thursday
is
penn.
Friday
is
chop,
saturday
is
lincoln
and
sunday
is
pecan,
and
you
do
that
around
the
city.
There's
no
reason
why
you
can't
you
have
the
in-house
test
you're
getting
reimbursed
from
the
cares
act
for
every
uninsured,
individual
there's,
no
reason
why
you
can't
test
them,
so
you
use
the
manpower
and
the
money
that
was
given
to
mitigate
the
spread
in
our
hard-hit
communities
by
december
31st
2020
and
make
it
happen.
We
have
the
resources
and
the
expertise
in
our
city.
H
To
do
that.
I
am
here.
I
will
help
put
me
out
of
business,
I'm
a
pediatric
surgeon.
You
are
institutions
that
have
been
present
for
hundreds
of
years
with
infrastructure
and
have
not
lost
money,
because
money
keeps
coming
in
from
the
government.
Don't
just
stay
in
the
hospital
leave.
Your
edifice
go
out
to
the
communities
that
need
you
most
partner
with
us.
We
will
help
with
the
trust
that
lacks
in
some
of.
H
I
I
We
are
in
the
middle
of
a
three-dimensional
crisis
and
a
war
and
people
like
dr
stanford
have
stepped
up
to
fight
this
war
and
they've
been
sent
off
to
war
in
many
instances
without
any
ammunition,
but
they
have
still
done
a
heck
of
a
job
of
fighting
this
battle,
I'm
the
pastor
of
salem
baptist
church,
which
is
in
the
fair
county
of
montgomery
in
the
town
of
abington.
I
do
not
live
in.
I
I
do
not
pastor
in
philadelphia,
dr
sanford,
and
I
are
native
son
and
native
daughter
of
the
city
and
we've
tried
to
ride
as
best
we
can
to
help
the
city,
your
pastor,
pastor,
derek
brennan
and
people
like
pastor
james
cluck
at
grace,
baptist
church,
pastor,
alan
waller
and
countless
other
pastors.
Imams
leaders
of
our
community
stepped
up
at
a
time
when
government,
unfortunately
waited
was
caught
flat-footed
and
did
not
ride
into
battle
with
dr
stanford.
I
That
did
not
have
the
advantage
of
times
and
offerings
at
a
time,
and
so
everybody
has
been
suffering
throughout,
but
nonetheless,
there
have
been
organizations
which
have
stood
right
behind
dr
stanford,
sometimes
with
old
church.
Ladies
with
crumpled,
five
dollar
bills,
sometimes
with
churches
that
came
up
with
water,
sometimes
the
churches
that
had
nothing
more
than
a
parking
lot,
but
they
gave
what
they
had
and
they
gave
out
of
that
sense
of
spirit.
I
And
what
I'm
hearing
dr
stanford
say
is
we
have
multiple
billion
dollar
health
care
institutions
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
who
gave
little
or
nothing
other
than
lip
service,
and
that
is
awful
because
those
institutions,
these
world-class
institutions,
benefit
from
being
in
philadelphia.
They
have
benefited
from
the
cares
act.
They
have
benefited
from
the
sense
of
crisis
that
they
sell
our
nation's
health
care
institutions,
and
so
people
rallied
to
their
side
in
a
much
much
slower
tectonic
shift
to
help.
I
Dr
stanford
continue
to
test
out
on
parking
lots
and
do
what
she
could
do
to
keep
the
city
of
philadelphia's
most
vulnerable,
most
vulnerable
people
safe.
One
of
the
things
that
I
have
observed,
my
primary
job
working
with
dr
sanford,
is
just
making
sure
the
parking
lots
work,
but
I
can
tell
you
this.
I
I
have
watched
her
do
miracles
with
little
or
no
support
coming
from
the
city
of
government
from
the
city
government
and
the
state
to
some
extent.
Now
everybody
is
getting
into
the
game,
and
I
know
she
is
grateful
for
that
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
its
people
are
grateful
for
it.
But
we
should
never
have
another
situation
where
dr
stanford
and
others
have
to
ride
into
this
kind
of
battle,
with
little
or
no
support
and
supplies
that
simply
will
not
work.
I
I
want,
on
behalf
of
the
clergy,
people
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
people
like
pastor
james
buck,
who
was
at
grace
baptist
church
who
tested
positive
and
thank
god
dr
stanford,
was
there
to
test
him
pastor
alan
waller
of
of
enoch
tabernacle
baptist
church.
He
tested
positive,
dr
stanford
road
to
his
rescue
pastor,
doug
banks
of
mel
zion
baptist
church
in
germantown,
tested,
positive
and
thanked
god
for
the
black
doctors,
but
that
burden
should
not
exist
on
the
shoulders
of
one
heroic
lady
reading,
leading
other
people
into
battle.
I
That
has
got
to
be
a
city,
a
state
and
a
federal
approach
to
fighting
this.
So
I
want
to
encourage
you
all
to
get
all
of
the
black
churches
in
philadelphia
out
of
the
covid
19
business
and
have
philadelphia
city
government
step
up,
get
into
it
and
recognize.
This
is
a
historic
fight
that
they
need
to
lead.
A
A
The
vice
chair
of
montgomery
county
commissioners,
ken
lawrence,
hopefully,
will
be
able
to
come
on
to
the
hearing
a
little
bit
later.
I
reached
out
to
him
because
he
was
a
beneficiary
of
the
work
of
dr
stanford.
The
black
doctors
cover
19
consortium
because
he
tested
positive
for
cove
at
19.,
and
so
this
has
been
an
issue
not
just
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
but
it's
an
issue
throughout
the
entire
region
and
throughout
the
entire
commonwealth,
and
so
I
want
to
open
it
up
to
questions
from
any
of
my
colleagues
and
counsel.
A
As
we
are
looking
for
some
of
the
questions
that
they
may
have,
my
thought
is,
and
dr
stanford,
you
provided
some
information
about
an
idea
that
you
posited
that
having
our
local
hospitals
that
are
doing
in-house
testing
expand
their
work.
Just
this
morning,
I
received
an
email
from
einstein
that
they
are
now
going
to
be
doing:
testing
on
mondays
and
wednesdays,
from
7
00
a.m,
to
8
p.m,
and
on
saturdays
from
9
00
to
5
p.m.
A
For
no
fee,
but
you
made
a
point-
that's
important
that
you
do
not
have
to
provide
a
driver's
license
or
photo
id
or
not
have
a
referral.
What
type
of
impact
does
that
have
on
people
in
african-american
community
and
getting
tested
when
they're
told
up
front
that
they
have
to
have
identification
or
have
a
referral
from
a
physician.
H
I
mean
people
retreat
and
recoil
when
they
hear
that
it's
just
more
barriers.
It's
like
asking
them
to
sign
something:
that's
20
pages,
long
with
vocabulary
that
they
may
not
understand
right
and
so
the
reality
is.
You
need
a
person's
name.
You
need
a
date
of
birth
and
you
need
a
way
to
contact
them.
That's
it
when
we
test
people
on
the
street
at
broad,
knolling
or
52nd
and
market.
Those
were
the
only
three
pieces
of
information
we
needed.
H
Okay
regarding
the
health
insurance
and
the
cares
act
you
need
to
know
if
someone
has
insurance
or
doesn't
have
insurance
because
they
will
pay.
If
you
don't
have
health
insurance,
but
if
you
do
and
then
it
pops
up
later
that
you
didn't
disclose
that,
then
you
have
to
pay
the
government
back
and
it
can
be
messy
and
I'm
sure
that's
what
they're
thinking
we
don't
want
to
have
to
deal
with
the
messiness.
But
it's
going
to
be
some
work
on
the
part
of
the
hospital.
H
If
they
test
500
people
a
day,
then
they're
going
to
be
responsible
for
getting
the
results
back
to
500
people.
That's
what
we
have
to
do
and
we're
a
group
of
you
know:
30
people
and
we've
tested
now:
8
000
people
since
april
right
and
so
it's
more
than
30
in
a
hospital.
But
it
means
that
no,
it's,
not
your
patient.
H
A
A
B
I'm
good
good,
pastor,
mitchell,
you
as
well
greetings
to
you.
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
good
to
hear
your
voice.
As
always,
I
just
wanted
to
follow
up
on
just
just
touching
on
what
my
colleague
spoke
about,
which
was
the
net,
the
requirement
that
identification
be
presented
and
that
this
is
a
recurring
concept.
If
you
will
of
disenfranchisement
when
it
becomes,
you
have
to
have
you
know
at
one
point
it
was.
You
have
to
have
identification
to
vote.
B
You
know
that
was
the
the
conversation
that
was
being
had
and
the
arguments
were
being
made
that
you
could
no
longer
vote
without
identification
and
thank
goodness
that
that
was
beaten
back.
But
now,
when
you
have
a
life
or
death
situation
and
you're
requiring
me
to
produce
identification
before
I
go,
it
just
goes
back
to
the
the
feeling
that
a
lot
of
people
have
in
the
african-american
community,
and
I
know
dr
stanford-
you
are
very
familiar
with
this-
that
we
don't
have
confidence
in
our
medical
community.
B
B
I
have
heard
stories
from
some
folk
in
reference
to
the
way
that
they
felt
that
their
loved
one
was
treated
a
young
lady
in
particular,
who
does
a
lot
of
work
with
my
office.
She
lost
her
grandmother
and
she
told
me
about
how
the
nurse
said
to
her.
Well,
I
said
to
the
the
grandmother:
well,
you're
gonna
die
you're,
going
to
die
and
said
to
you
know
the
granddaughter
who
I
I
has
done.
B
Some
work
with
my
office
said
to
the
granddaughter
and
a
cousin
well
she's
going
to
die,
and
so
it's
almost
you
know
she
was
a
senior,
but
she
really
didn't
have
any
underlying
health
issues,
but
she
was
up
in
age,
but
otherwise
she
was
very
mobile,
very
much
able
to
care
for
herself,
but
the
treatment
she
received
in
the
just
the
dismissiveness
in
which
he
was
treated
by
the
healthcare
industry
here
in
philadelphia
is
you
know?
Is
it
beyond
just
hurtful
and
embarrassing
and
just
unprofessional?
B
You
know
in
some
ways
it
should
be
looked
at
really
as
criminal.
If
you
don't
want
to
do
your
job,
which
is
saving
lives
and
that
to
me,
should
be
really
be
something
that
should
be
looked
at
as
a
criminal
offense,
because
you
have
people's
lives
in
your
hand
and
it's
to
be
taken
very
very
seriously.
B
So
you
know
I
just
really
wanted
to
put
that
out
there,
because
we
need
to
remember
that
the
african-american
community
in
particular-
and
I
think
you
know
really
for
all
communities
of
color,
but
particularly
in
the
african-american
community.
You
know:
we've
had
these
experiments,
the
tuskegee
experiments
and
other
things
that
have
been
done
in
which
african-american
bodies
have
been.
You
know
sort
of
researched
and
you
know
looked
at
in
a
as
a
way
in
in
a
way.
B
That
is
not
an
attempt
to
be
helpful,
but
an
attempt
to
sort
of
label
us
as
something
other
as
something
exotic.
It's
something
you
know
different
if
you
will
in
a
way
that's
not
really
productive
to
helping
our
people
with
some
of
the
issues
that
have
been
historic.
As
a
result
of
you
know,
going
back
to
slavery.
B
You
know
I
have
high
blood
pressure
today,
because
I
know
that
my
family
before
me,
my
ancestors,
those
who
came
before
me-
were
eating
so
much
pork
and
such
a
low
fiber
diet
and
such
a
poor
diet
altogether,
and
so
it
is
something
that
just
runs
in
my
family.
It
doesn't
matter
how
thin
you
are,
how
heavy
you
are.
What
you
do
you
know.
B
This
is
something
that
is
going
to
be
carried
for
generations,
because
it's
been
in
our
family
for
just
so
very
long
and
it's
the
same
thing
with
diabetes
and
other
things.
You
know
we
can
try
to
mitigate
all
we
want,
but
there
are
some
things
that
just
have
been
systemic
for
a
very
long
time
and
have
not
been
addressed
and
continue
not
to
be
addressed
by
the
medical
community,
but
I
just
really
wanted
to
put
all
of
that
out
there.
I
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing.
B
You
really,
in
my
opinion,
you
really
have
come
forward
and
saved
the
day
at
a
time
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
really
just
stood
by
our
city
didn't
do
what
it
was
supposed
to
do,
we're
supposed
to
be
ready
for
this
and
we
weren't
and
we
got
caught
flat-footed
and
without
you,
I
dare
to
imagine
where
we
would
be
right
at
this
very
moment.
So
I
thank
you.
God
bless
you
for
all
that
you
have
done
and
and
stay
strong
stay
strong.
Thank
you
so
much.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Thank
you,
madam
chairman,
a
chairwoman
as
well
too.
I
appreciate
you
both
convening
this
important
conversation.
Thank
you
to
my
state
partners
as
well.
I
appreciate
the
work
you're
doing
in
harrisburg.
It's
very
important.
We
need
your
support
and
your
partnership
and,
of
course
thank
you
to
reverend
marshall
and
dr
stanfield.
I
agree
with
council
member
bass.
You
guys
are
heroes
and
I'll.
Take
it
a
step
further
and
say
that
your
story
needs
to
be
told.
C
Our
young
people
across
the
city
of
philadelphia
are
experiencing
more
negative
narratives
right
now
than
positives,
and
I
think
it
will
be
awesome
if
we
can
put
what
you're
doing
on
a
platform,
not
just
recognizing
what
you're
doing
in
political
spaces,
but
every
black
philadelphian
should
know
exactly
how
you
stepped
into
the
plate
and
what
you've
done
to
essentially
help
save
hundreds,
if
not
thousands,
of
lives
across
the
city.
So
thank
you.
I
appreciate
you.
I
just
want
to
get
your
opinion
on
two
issues.
C
Even
if
we
go
virtual-
and
I
can
imagine-
I'm
sure
you
can
imagine
the
type
of
pressure
that
coaches
and
athletic
directors
are
under
now
that
people
see
professional
sports
taking
place.
So
I
would
love
to
hear
your
response
to
those
two
things,
and
I
want
to
thank
again
the
chairs
for
convening
this
important
conversation,
and
I
appreciate
everybody
involved.
This
is
great
information.
Thank
you.
H
Wonderful
and
thank
you
for
your
comments,
so
first
we
haven't
seen
anyone
come
back
and
become
positive.
Again
we
have
seen
people
that
have
sort
of
a
long,
a
prolonged
course
meaning
they're
positive
eight
weeks
later,
and
but
they
are
still
having
symptoms
and
for
the
folks
that
are
not
having
symptoms
but
test
positive.
H
Your
second
question
about
sports,
absolutely,
not
there's
just
no
way.
I
mean
we
just
found
out,
even
if
you
use
major
league
baseball,
that
13
or
14
marlins
from
miami
tested,
positive
and
then
came
to
philadelphia
to
citizens
bank
park
and
exposed
all
of
those
players
and
everyone
they
came
in
contact
with.
We
need
to
see
an
example
of
getting
it
right
before
we
continue
to
unveil.
I
have
three
sons,
they
are
driving
me
crazy.
You
know
they
run
track,
they
play
basketball,
they
do
swimming
tennis,
gymnastics,
no
one's
doing
anything.
H
H
They're
touching
hands
my
son
when
he
plays
basketball
and
does
this
they
get
the
sweat
out
of
his
eyes
four
or
five
times
you
know
and
they're,
seeing
the
major
league
sports
and
the
kids
want
to
play
because
they're,
like
oh,
their
training,
camp,
started
and
baseball,
started
and
basketball's
playing
in
a
bubble.
We
can
do
it,
but
there
are
already
problems.
There
were
like
70
nfl
players
that
tested
positive.
H
You
know
one
of
the
players,
even
though
they're
in
this
bubble,
they're
demonstrating
that
they
don't
even
have
restraint
and
they
can't
stay
in
that
bubble
because
they're
going
out
to
go,
get
something
else
to
eat,
even
though
something's
being
brought
to
them
and
then
for
the
baseball.
They
came
from
georgia,
which
was
already
endemic
when
one
in
four
person
has
coronavirus.
H
In
fact,
if
they
were
following
the
recommendations
from
the
governor
that
states,
if
you
come
from
states
like
florida
or
georgia
or
alabama
california,
you're
supposed
to
quarantine
for
14
days
before
you
come
in
contact
with
philadelphians.
Clearly
they
didn't
do
that.
Had
they
done
it,
however,
we
would
have
known
and
they
were
never
have
been
in
contact
with
the
phillies
or
the
people
in
the
hotel
or
the
people
that
delivered
their
food.
And
so
my
answer
is
no
to
the
sports
and
your
previous
question.
H
We
have
not
seen
anyone
sort
of
test
positive
twice
in
our
group.
I
could
talk
to
you
more
offline,
but
could
they
if
they
didn't
mount
antibodies,
the
first
time
technically
they
could
test
positive
twice
because
the
antibodies
are.
What
protect
you
from
developing
the
disease?
Not
everybody
develops
antibodies
when
they
have
coronavirus.
C
A
K
Thank
you
so
much
council
chair,
and
I
really
appreciate
this
hearing.
I
just
want
to
send
greetings
and
gratitude
to
my
colleagues
in
the
state
house.
Thank
you
for
all
your
work
and
any
efforts
that
you
can
do
to
distribute
information
and
resources
more,
not
so
much
information,
but
to
ensure
that
resources
actually
make
it
out
to
large
cities
and
communities
across
the
state.
I
mean
part
of
when
we
talk
about
disparity
and
the
way
to
counter
it
is
to
actually
address
disparity
and
somehow
there
needs
to
be
some
calculation
in
our
resources.
K
You
can't
just
simply
divide
it
by
x,
number
of
counties
that
exist
in
the
state
of
pennsylvania
and
expect
things
to
be
distributed.
You
know
solely
by
by
need
as
to
what
is
technically
equal
and
then
I
I
also
wanted
to
extend
gratitude
to
to
the
pastor,
and
my
question,
though,
is
for
dr
stanford
and
again.
I
think
your
comments
today
just
really
underscore
the
importance
and
need
for
your
voice
and
presence
to
be
engaged
in
a
lot
of
areas
and
issues.
K
The
two
questions
I
have
for
you
are
one
how
you
would
have
evaluated
the
city's
engagement
with
the
black
doctors
consortium
or
consulting
through
the
process.
You
know,
as
we
dealt
with
the
coronavirus
response.
As
you
know,
council,
thanks
to
all
of
my
colleagues,
made
a
huge
point
of
underscoring,
a
relationship
with
the
black
doctors
consortium
to
inform
us
on
policy
practice,
outreach
and
significant
change
in
in
the
way
we're
handling
the
the
city's
response
and
the
medical
response.
K
The
questions
I
have
are
since
then
do
you
believe
you
have
been
at
the
table
with
key
discussions.
You
have
made
a
really
good
point
that
we
have
brought
up
with
the
administration
before,
which
is
that
there
needs
to
be
a
significant
conversation
at
the
table
with
all
the
major
hospitals.
We
are
the
largest
american
city
without
a
public
hospital
system.
K
K
There's
lots
and
lots
of
disagreement
right
now,
school
districts
across
the
country
are,
you
know,
closing
and
going
virtual
online.
I
will
also
say
that
as
a
mother
as
a
council
member
as
somebody
who
cares
deeply
about
the
public
health
of
people,
I
also
do
believe
actually
that
the
opening
of
school
is
the
largest
most
proactive
affirmative
public
health
outreach
campaign
should
not
be
left
into
the
hands
of
the
school
district
itself.
K
The
district's
reopening
is
not
an
education
plan
is
the
first
time
that
we
are
compelling
two
000
children
to
come
in
be
affirmatively
tested.
If
they
are
tested
positive,
we
have
no
plan
for
that.
You
know
we
really
need
to
hear
what
that
looks
like,
and
so
my
curiosity
is,
you
don't
have
to
answer
all
of
those
issues,
but
how
engaged
and
involved
are
you
with
the
school
district
of
philadelphia's
reopening
plan?
And
what
would
you
like
to
see
your
role
as
being
going
forward?
You're
a
pediatric
surgeon?
H
Thank
you
very
much
for
those
questions.
So
first,
I
am
not
at
the
table.
I
would
like
to
be
at
the
table
specifically
as
it
relates
to
the
city
and
how
we
are
combating
and
trying
to
go
towards
racial
equity
in
the
face
of
covet
and
beyond.
So
when
I
heard
there
was
going
to
be
a
great
announcement
today
I
reached
out
to
dr
farley.
He
and
I
had
a
conversation
yesterday
and
I
actually
said
you
should
have
invited
me
to
talk
about
racial
equity
in
philadelphia
as
it
relates
to
copen.
H
None
of
us
has
a
lot
of
time,
but
it's
important
that
as
we're
going
forward
that
you
can
bring
these
up
and
he
and
I
discussed
some
of
the
things
I
mentioned
today
and
he
did
not
disagree
with
it,
but
I
think
sometimes
until
someone
puts
it
in
front
of
you
and
says,
because
it's
not
intuitively,
oh
well,
we
should
ask
dr
stanford
she's
right
here
in
the
city.
It's
not
intuitive,
I
mean,
and
some
of
that
is
our
own
implicit
bias.
I'm
just
being
honest
that
you
don't
think
about
it.
H
They
should
be
bringing
forth
the
same
information,
but
it's
not
you
know,
and
quite
frankly,
just
because
everybody
is
black
doesn't
mean
we
all
have
the
same
experience,
and
you
know
we've
seen
some
of
the
same
things
and
the
stories
I
can
bring
from
what
you're
seeing
and
I
could
share
with
someone
who
has
the
epidemiologic
background
and
has
all
these
hot
spots
mapped
out.
When
I
tell
you
what
I
see
with
miss
johnson,
then
you
can
help
and
we
can
collect
collectively,
come
up
with
a
plan
for
those
hard
hit,
zip
codes.
H
So
no,
I
haven't
been
invited.
Yes,
I
would
like
to
be
at
the
table
regarding
the
school
district
of
philadelphia,
having
been
educated
in
the
philadelphia
public
school
system
and
having
fifth
grade
and
seventh
grade
students.
I
would
love
to
be
a
part
of
that
and
also
being
a
pediatric
surgeon.
I
take
care
of
kids.
You
know,
primarily,
I
think
the
input
I
would
add
would
be
helpful.
H
Definitely
a
roll
out
system
would
be
ideal.
I
haven't
been
contacted
by
the
school
district
of
philadelphia,
but
I
have
been
contacted
by
many
of
the
charter
schools.
All
of
the
charter
schools
have
reached
out
to
me
asking
about
testing
and
how
they
can
separate
their
classrooms
and
how
you
know
they
could
screen
with
pulse
ox
and
temperature
checks,
as
kids
come
into
school,
so
I
have
been
getting
calls,
but
not
directly
from
you
know,
dr
height,
and
they
may
already
have
their
committee.
Who
knows,
but
would
I
be
interested
absolutely?
K
A
D
B
B
Two
of
the
zip
codes
in
in
my
district
19143
and
19139
were
listed
as
having
the
most
black
people
and
people
of
color
hospitalized
for
covid,
and
so
you
know
I
have
a
vested
interest
in
working
with
you
on
the
recommendations
that
you
outlined,
and
so
following
this
hearing,
I
would
love
to
talk
about
those
recommendations
and
and
push
for
them,
as
it
relates
to
the
institutions
in
my
district,
penn
and
chop.
So
I
would
be
grateful
if
we
could
have
that.
H
D
Yes,
so
thank
you,
chairman
green.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
dr
stanford
and
reverend
mitchell
and
the
entire
black
doctors
covet
19
consortium
for
standing
up
in
operation
in
our
city,
our
city
and
our
commonwealth,
and
really
our
country
owe
you
a
huge
debt
of
gratitude
and
appreciation.
My
question
for
you
is
related
to
children,
you're,
a
pediatric
surgeon,
I'm
a
mother
of
young
people.
D
I
have
a
three-year-old
a
five-year-old
and
a
14
year
old,
so
my
question
is
relative:
to
being
able
to
get
little
people
tested,
I
was
able
to
get
my
children
tested
for
code
at
19,
but
it
was
a
process
and
we
had
to
we
called
chop.
I
actually
called
chop
and
chop
stated:
we
needed
a
referral
from
our
primary
care
physician,
so
I
was
able
to
call
our
primary
care
physician
and
he
provided
the
testing
in
office,
but
there
was
a
load
of
procedures
that
we
needed
to
follow.
D
The
lobby
had
to
be
clear
before
we
came
in,
you
know
just
making
an
appointment.
It
was
very,
very
difficult.
So
I
wanted
to
know
what
is
your
specific
recommendations
for
parents
of
little
people
as
it
relates
to
being
able
to
get
them
tested
for
covet
19.?
How
can
we
help
parents
with
little
people.
H
Wow,
that's
an
excellent
question.
Well,
you
can
come
to
us
I'm
kidding,
but
I'm
not
kidding
myself.
We
also
have
pediatricians.
I
have
family
practice,
folks
that
work
with
us
nurses,
who
are
experienced
25
30
years
in
we've,
tested
as
young
as
eight
months
and
as
old
as
89
in
our
group,
and
so
through
our
group
of
staff.
Someone
lots
of
us
are
familiar
with
pediatric
patients.
H
You
know
I
empathize
with
you
for
the
kids
it's
hard,
and
certainly
when
we
are
testing
you
can
there's
always
someone
that
can
test
the
kids
for
us.
I
know
at
einstein
the
pediatric
department
did
reach
out
to
us
and
ask:
can
we
help
with
testing
their
patients,
which
we
certainly
can
do
that?
But
it
just
goes
to
your
point
as
we
hopefully
are
going
to
set
up
something
where
a
hospital
takes
on
a
testing
every
day
of
the
week.
D
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
gilmore
richardson.
I
want
to
thank
this
panel
for
your
testimony
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
the
leadership
you're
doing
both
in
the
state
house,
the
state
senate
and
also
locally
with
by
both
dr
stanford,
as
well
as
reverend
marshall
mitchell.
We're
going
to
have
our
next
panel
speak
now
earlier.
A
I
talked
about
einstein
which
kind
of
follows
up
on
dr
stanford's
point
about
opening
up
testing,
and
I
was
informed
that
they
are
doing
testing
on
weekends
until
8
o'clock
p.m,
and
no
script
and
no
id
is
necessary,
but
I
do
need
an
appointment.
I
also
following
up
to
what
senator
haywood
talked
about
as
well
as
council
member
gautier.
We
will
kind
of
put
together
some
either
some
letter
or
some
other
type
of
correspondence.
A
A
M
All
right,
thank
you
good
morning,
chairperson's
past
and
greeting
members
of
the
committee,
I'm
dr
thomas
farley
health,
commissioner
for
the
city
of
philadelphia.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
provide
testimony
regarding
resolution.
Number
two:
zero:
zero:
three
one:
zero
on
racial
disparities
and
the
coven
19
pandemic.
M
Current
data
from
philadelphia
shows
marked
disparities
in
the
impact
of
the
novel
coronavirus
endemic
by
race
and
ethnicity.
As
of
the
past
weekend,
the
department
of
public
health
has
recorded
846
deaths
in
covet
19
and
african
americans
461
deaths
in
whites,
146
deaths
in
hispanics
and
49
destiny
and
asian
americans.
M
Death
rates
per
capita
from
coca-19
for
african
americans
were
50
percent
higher
than
those
for
whites.
Hispanics
had
an
overall
mortality
rate
that
is
lower
than
that
of
whites
or
white
non-hispanic
residents.
This
was
in
part
because
they
tend
to
be
younger
within
every
age
group,
hispanic
kind
of
higher
death
rates
and
non-hispanic
whites.
M
M
In
this
regard,
covet
19
appears
to
be
following
a
pattern
of
other
health
problems.
African
americans
have
higher
mortality
rates
than
whites
for
a
wide
range
of
diseases
and
injuries
heart
disease
to
diabetes,
to
homicides.
These
disparities
are
one
result
of
structural
racism
in
our
society
that
reaches
back
across
generations.
M
M
Although
this
is
a
national
problem,
we
have
a
responsibility
to
do
whatever
we
can
to
address
the
issue
locally.
To
that
end,
I've
asked
members
of
my
department
to
develop
a
coca-19
racial
equity
response
plan
with
input
from
internal
and
external
stakeholders.
This
plan
was
released
yesterday.
It
recognizes
that
no
single
action
will
end
these
health
disparities,
so
it
includes
work
across
eight
sectors.
M
These
sectors
are
first
improving
access
to
copenhagen
testing.
We
we've
worked
with
partners
across
the
city
to
expand
testing
access,
with
an
intentional
focus
on
black
and
latino
neighborhoods,
there's
more
to
be
done,
but
we
have
made
significant
progress
from
mid-may
to
last
week,
the
number
of
philadelphia
residents
tested
per
day
doubled
from
1500
to
more
than
three
thousand
of
the
people
tested
so
far
for
whom
we
have
information
on
race
and
ethnicity.
Fifty-Four
percent
of
african-american,
twenty-seven
percent
were
white
and
nine
percent
were
latino.
M
Second,
is
tracking
racial
and
ethnic
disparities.
We
are
now
posting
data
daily
on
the
philip.gov
covid
website
on
testing
cases,
hospitalizations
and
deaths
broken
out
by
race,
ethnicity
and
age.
There
is
conducting
community
outreach.
We
heard
from
community
partners
that
there
was
a
need
for
clear,
simple
graphic
messages,
materials
in
multiple
languages.
We
work
to
create
and
disseminate
these
materials
through
our
community
partners
in
food
distribution
baskets
and
via
mass
and
social
media.
M
Next
is
preventing
chronic
health
conditions.
We
have
taken
a
policy
systems
and
environmental
approach
to
preventing
chronic
diseases
like
diabetes,
heart
disease
and
chronic
lung
disease
that
increase
the
risk
of
mortality
from
cover
19..
This
city
council
has
played
a
central
role
in
this
effort
by
passing
laws
to
help
reduce
the
risk
factors
for
these
chronic
conditions,
including
laws
that
prevent
targeting
of
black
neighborhoods
by
the
tobacco
industry
that
require
sodium
warning
labels
to
help
prevent
hypertension,
heart
disease
and
attacks
distributors
of
sugary
drinks.
M
The
next
is
protecting
essential
workers.
We
have
created
simple
infographics
on
required
protections
for
workers
and
disseminated
them
via
food
distribution
boxes.
Community
partners
and
to
businesses,
then,
is
preventing
community
spread.
We
have
started
a
mass
media
campaign
about
masking,
like
one
over
my
shoulder,
replace
the
ads
and
locations
where
they'll
reach
minority
neighborhoods
and
populations.
M
We've
been
working
with
these
sites
to
provide
technical
assistance
and
infection
control
to
assure
that
they
have
personal
protective
equipment
for
staff
and
residents
and
finals
contact
tracing
our
new
cova
con
containment
division
is
completing
the
recruitment
of
a
diverse
contact
tracing
team
that
represents
the
people
that
we
will
be
serving
the
people
hired
to
staff.
This
new
division,
52
percent
of
black
28
percent,
are
white,
6
percent
of
latino
and
9
of
asian
of
the
manager
of
this
division.
M
43
percent
of
black
and
7
are
latino
racial
disparities
of
copenhagen
infection
are
represented
of
deep
seeded
problems,
so
they
will
not
be
eliminated
easily
or
quickly.
Nonetheless,
we
will
take
the
steps
in
our
plan
to
reduce
them
and
continue
to
look
for
additional
opportunities
to
solve
this
problem.
Thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
and
have
to
answer
any
of
your
questions.
N
Great
good
morning,
chairpersons,
green
and
bass,
and
members
of
the
committee
on
people
with
disabilities
and
special
needs,
and
on
the
public,
health
and
human
services.
I
am
david
t
jones,
commissioner,
department
of
behavioral
health
and
intellectual
disability
services.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
testify.
In
response
to
resolution
number
200-310
dbhids
is
responsible
for
oversight
of
a
provider
network
that
funds
services
for
children,
youth,
adults
and
families
in
philadelphia
with
behavioral
health
challenges
and
our
intellectual
disabilities.
N
Some
of
the
significant
adjustments
that
were
made
at
the
onset
of
coping
19
pandemic
that
remain
in
place
include
our
state
partners,
relaxing
regulations
and
issuing
guidance
regarding
telehealth,
which
greatly
expands
providers,
ability
to
use
this
treatment
modality
and
therefore
has
the
potential
to
reach
a
greater
number
of
people.
We
quickly
implement
it
and
this
I
really
want
to
underscore
an
alternative
payment
arrangement
that
was
approved
by
amsas
to
financially
support
agencies
to
remain
operational
and
continue
to
pay
their
employees.
N
We
also
supported
inpatient
facilities
and
congregate
care
settings
by
providing
personal
protective
equipment
when
we
had
it
available.
We
continue
to
and
continue
to
operate.
24
7.
according
to
the
centers
for
disease
control.
Individuals
seem
to
be
at
higher
risk
in
terms
of
that
is
people
with
disabilities
seem
to
be
at
higher
risk
of
severe
illness
from
copen19
if
they
have
serious
underlying
chronic
medical
conditions
like
lung
disease,
heart
disease
or
weakened
immune
system.
Adults
with
disabilities
are
three
times
more
likely
than
adults
without
disability
to
experience,
heart
disease,
stroke,
diabetes
or
cancer.
N
Just
in
terms
of
federal
aid
to
date,
dbhids
has
not
received
any
federal
care
exact
dollars.
However,
we've
shared
information
with
our
providers
and
encouraged
them
to
apply
for
available
relief
aid
programs,
including
the
most
recent
care
act
provider
relief
fund.
We've
also
encouraged
providers
to
track
cope
at
19
related
expenses
in
the
event
that
federal
relief
dollars
make
their
way
to
them
directly.
N
Our
preliminary
data
on
telehealth
demonstrates
enhanced
satisfaction
with
the
service
providers
have
res
the
services
that
individuals
have
received.
Obviously
it
has
significantly
decreased
the
challenge
around
showing
up
in
terms
of
the
no-show
rate.
We
firmly
believe
telehealth
should
continue
and
may
prove
to
be
an
effective
strategy
for
engaging
minority
communities
who
may
have
been
reluctant
to
access
services
because
of
stigma.
N
We
also
continue
to
use
positive
impacts
in
telehealth
and
advocate
for
its
expanded
use.
We
most
explore
investments
and
technology
resources
for
families
who
struggle
with
accessing
technology
and
the
reliable
internet
prior
to
coping
19
dbhids
had
engaged
in
research
to
identify
racial
disparities
among
individuals
participating
in
behavioral
health
services
via
medicaid,
and
we
partnered
with
the
university
of
pennsylvania's
center
for
mental
health
to
gain
an
understanding
to
the
extent
to
which
disparities
were
existed.
Findings
from
the
evaluation
provided
insights
into
the
need
for
more
efforts
to
keep
african-american
members
engaged,
especially
younger,
african-american
men.
N
We
found
this
population
to
be
returning
home,
frequently
to
inpatient
hospital
hospitalizations
and
not
gauging
them
in
that
next
level
of
care.
If
you
will,
in
terms
of
outpatient
services
for
mental
health
and
addictions.
As
a
result,
specific
interventions
were
introduced
to
assist
engagement,
including
text
message,
reminders
and
greater
linkages.
After
an
inpatient
admission
to
outpatient.
N
N
We
continue
to
also
partner
with
a
number
of
grassroots
community
based
organizations
that
provide
various
services
that
are
not
medicaid
compensable.
Some
of
those
organizations,
for
example
like
grants
as
parents,
mothers
in
charge
hebrew
immigrant
aid
society
and
the
african
cultural
alliance
of
north
america,
along
with
southeast
asian
mutual
assistance,
association
coalition
and
more.
We
continue
to
recognize
the
significant
role
that
they
play.
We
look
forward
to
continue
our
work
with
city,
council
and
other
stakeholders.
N
I
will
actually
in
there
and
just
reiterate
the
point
that
I
made
around
one
of
the
significant
changes
that
we
made
in
a
more
of
a
certainly
proactive
measure
was
instituting
the
alternative
payment
arrangement
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
about
that.
Any
other
questions
that
you
all
have
thank
you.
N
J
Good
morning,
co-chair
greens,
coaster
bass.
My
name
is
court
rayburt,
I'm
the
executive
director,
the
mayor's
commission
on
people
with
disabilities.
In
this
capacity
I
supervise
the
mayor's
office
for
people
with
disabilities
in
philadelphia,
including
our
constituent
services
and
office
of
ada
compliance.
J
J
While
we
certainly
celebrate
the
achievements
that
the
ada
has
provided
in
terms
of
employment,
access
to
government
and
public
services,
corbett
certainly
has
given
us,
given
our
community
a
step
back.
I
want
to
underscore
that
16.8
percent
of
philadelphia
has
a
disability.
That's
around
250
000
residents.
J
J
J
J
The
city
did
a
terrific
job
of
setting
up
food
sites
for
people
throughout
the
city,
but
if
you
have
an
underlying
health
condition
or
disability
you
either
might
you
might
be
unable
or
be
afraid
to
just
leave
your
homes
to
get
food?
So
we
did
a
lot
of
collaborating
when
we
started
the
hearing
aid
council,
woman
best
talked
about
silos
and
collaboration,
and
I
think
that
collaboration
is
huge.
We've
worked
with
many
organizations
and
city
and
state
agencies
to
not
only
disseminate
information
but
to
also
develop
a
food
program.
J
We've
also
been
working
with
school
district,
the
mayor's
office
of
education
and
policy
to
ensure
that
remote
learning
can
get
off
to
a
better
start.
This
coming
school
year,
we've
also
held
educational
town
halls
to
hear
from
families
and
students
directly
on
how
the
difficulties
of
remote
learning
have
impacted
them
specifically,
and
hopefully,
when
things
improve
in
the
future,
we've
been
working
with
city
departments
to
try
to
increase
employment
for
people
with
disabilities
going
forward
now.
J
J
We
want
to
thank
you
for
adding
money
back
into
the
housing
trust
funds
to
help
programs
such
as
the
adaptive
modification
program.
It's
one
of
the
only
programs
in
the
city
that
provides
accessible
homes
for
people
with
disabilities,
both
who
own
their
homes,
as
well
as
who
rent
their
homes
so
tenants.
J
We
also
support
funding
from
the
city,
as
well
as
see
the
federal
government
for
home
and
community-based
services,
the
more
people
we
can
keep
in
their
homes.
Not
only
does
that
increase
their
independence
and
integration
into
the
community,
but
it
keeps
them
safe
and
out
of
congregate
care
facilities.
J
E
Thank
you
very
much
and
good
afternoon
to
everyone.
Let
me
first
of
all
thank
and
recognize
chairman
greene
and
chairman
chairwoman
bass.
My
name
is
alberto
escanasi,
as
you
heard,
I'm
actually
a
latino,
and
I
am
a
chairman
of
the
department
of
physical
medicine
and
rehabilitation
for
the
einstein
healthcare
network.
E
I
also
serve
as
chief
medical
officer
at
moss
rehab,
and
we
greatly
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
testify
on
this
critical
issue
before
I
get
started.
I
wanted
to
share
that
joining
me
today.
Is
nurse
julie,
hensler
cullen,
who's,
the
director
of
education
and
quality
for
moss
rehab,
who
has
been
very
active
in
this
issues.
E
We're
also
very
pleased
that
we
have
received
an
award
from
the
philadelphia
department
of
public
health
to
provide,
as
you
said
before,
community
covet
testing,
and
this
testing
began
actually
this
week
and
is
available
monday,
wednesdays
and
thursdays
from
7
a.m,
to
8
p.m
and
on
saturdays
from
9,
00
a.m
to
5
p.m,
and
it
is
provided
at
no
charge
to
residents.
But
we
do
require
an
appointment.
You
don't
need
a
prescription
either.
E
So
if
you
call
1-800
einstein
and
then
press
number
five,
you
will
get
access
to
making
an
appointment
to
put
this
pandemic
into
perspective.
While
much
media
attention
has
been
focused
in
new
york
and,
more
recently
in
florida
and
texas,
for
very
good
reasons.
I
would
note
that
the
united
states
department
of
health
and
human
services
recently
distributed
cares
act
funds
to
address
the
high
covet
impact
on
hospitals
in
einstein
philadelphia.
We
see
the
second
highest
amount
in
this
round
of
funding.
E
E
I
don't
need
to
tell
you
much
about
covet
itself,
except
that
we
had
this
present
into
our
shores
in
early
march,
and
we
have
been
dealing
with
it
since
there
have
been
so
far
more
than
16
and
a
half
million
people
confirmed
in
across
the
world
and
about
654
000
individuals
have
passed
in
the
u.s.
4.3
million
people
have
been
confirmed
with
covet
and
we
have
had
nearly
150
000
individuals
die
in
the
state
of
pennsylvania.
E
These
are
einstein
cases
and
I
just
thought
I'd
share
with
you.
Although
this
data
ends
at
the
beginning
of
july,
you
can
see
that
we
have
had
nearly
3
000
patients
cared
for
in
the
hospital.
So,
as
dr
stanford
mentioned,
it's
important
to
address
the
needs
of
these
patients
in
the
community,
but
if
they
need
hospitalization
places
like
einstein
who
provide
really
essential
care
are
critical.
E
When
you
look
at
the
distribution
by
race
and
age
in
this,
nearly
3
000
patients.
Again
african
americans
have
been
really
the
the
individuals
who
have
suffered
the
most.
This
is
followed
by
hispanics,
and
so
we
heard
about
that,
and
then
there
are
a
group
of
individuals
who
we
were
unable
to
determine
their
race
due
to
either
being
too
ill
or
not
having
enough
information.
E
Now
I
represent
the
department
of
rehabilitation
and,
as
such
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
briefly
what
we
have
done
in
that
regard,
moss
rehab
decided
to
implement
a
covet
positive
unit.
This
is
a
unit
that
treated
patients
in
the
acute
phase
of,
and
we
did
this
for
several
reasons-
one
because
patients
tend
to
have
debility
after
being
in
the
hospital
with
a
disease
that
is
really
affects
not
only
the
lungs
but
many
other
systems
and
increases
the
risks
of
stroke
and
limb
amputation.
E
So
we
have
been
very
fortunate.
We
were
able
to
create
a
separate
unit
to
address
this
in
an
attempt
to
address
the
needs
of
patients
who
would
not
be
able
to
go
home
safely
and
that
may
ended
up
increasing
excess
morbidity
and
mortality
and
increase
the
number
of
readmissions
to
the
emergency
rooms,
which
were
already
pretty
strained.
E
Treating
these
patients
in
a
relatively
safe
environment,
both
for
patients
and
clinical
staff
with
adequate
planning,
training
and
equipment,
was
important,
and
so
we
approached
this
by
developing
a
center
of
excellence
in
rehabilitation.
A
unit
for
patients
with
covet
patients
treat
it
in
an
assigned
rehabilitation
unit
with
a
team
that
is
dedicated
to
their
care.
It
assures
staff
safety
by
training
and
appropriate
use
of
personal
protective
equipment,
and
all
of
the
staff
working
in
the
unit
are
monitored
for
feverish
and
symptoms.
E
E
E
Our
very
first
patient
was
a
young
man
who
was
able
to
go
home
nearly
after
a
month
and
a
half
of
being
hospitalized
to
his
pregnant
wife,
who
was
eight
and
a
half
months
pregnant
and
was
able
to
receive
their
first
child
at
home.
Together.
We
know
that
the
medical
acuity
of
these
patients
is
higher,
but
so
far
our
outcomes
have
been
excellent
and
we
have
been
able
to
provide
good
care
for
these
patients
in
need.
A
E
L
L
Mission
of
moss
rehab
is
to
improve
the
lives
of
persons
with
disabilities
and
access
to
care
and
services
to
health
care
has
always
been
a
part
of
our
accessibility
plans.
However,
that
has
certainly
been
intensified
with
this
covet
situation,
we're
all
living
with.
Certainly,
I
encourage
us
to
continue
to
advocate
for
adequate
and
safe,
reliable
transportation
for
all
persons
with
disabilities,
and
I
just
want
to
highlight:
we've
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
important
practices,
including
social
distancing,
so
as
businesses,
health
care
facilities,
public
spaces
really
work
to
implement
social
distancing.
L
The
visual
social
markings
that
many
of
us
have
seen
out
and
about
you
know
make
it
difficult,
especially
for
persons
who
are
blind
to
continue
to
be
safe
and
many
of
these
visuals
and
the
masks
and
promotions
that
we
see
are
in
english.
So
we
need
to
continue
to
ensure
that
they
are
available
in
all
formats
that
are
accessible.
L
I
think
that
the
wearing
of
masks
obviously
are
extremely
important,
but
that
also
has
created
barriers
for
persons
who
are
deaf
and
persons
who
have
difficulties
with
speech.
We
touched
a
little
bit.
I
know
the
commissioner
executive
commissioner
spoke
about
the
difficulty
with
accessing
food
etc,
and
I've
heard
from
many
people
with
disabilities
who
previously
relied
on
the
grocery
delivery
programs
that
the
backlogs
caused
by
so
many
of
us
other
people
using
those
services
has
really
caused.
L
A
Thank
you,
that
was
for
the
stenographer
that
was
julie,
hansler
collin
from
einstein.
I
know
the
time
is
getting
short,
so
I
just
want
to
ask
dr
farley
very
quickly-
and
I
know
catherine
councilmember,
cavs
and
gilmore.
Richard
has
a
quick
question
you
heard
from
dr
stanford,
you
heard
from
einstein
about
they
are
expanding
and
I
know
one
of
the
points
in
your
covid
intent.
Racial
equity
plan
is
to
increase
testing,
so
the
concept
of
reaching
out
to
the
various
hospitals
that
have
in-house
testing.
M
So
you
know
the
hospitals
do
in
general,
provide
testing
sites,
they
do
testing
for
their
inpatients,
but
they
in
general
provide
testing
sites
for
outpatients.
There
are
sites
that
penn
does
and
jefferson
does
in
the
community
I
signed
is
setting
up
one
with
with
funding
we
provided.
However,
I
do
think
that
dr
stanford
raises
some
important
points.
We
want
those
testing
sites
to
be
as
accessible
as
possible,
and
I
was
unaware
until
she
raised
it
with
me.
M
The
idea
that
there
was
a
sign
you
need
to
have
id,
that's
definitely
a
barrier
that
shouldn't
be
there
there's
a
second
question
about
their
laboratory
capacity.
So
what's
developed
in
the
past
two
to
three
weeks,
is
this
major
problem
that
you're
aware
of
unacceptably
long
turnaround
times
for
test
results
at
the
national
laboratories
for
the
community
testing
sites?
So
we
have
asked
the
hospitals
about?
Is
there
a
way
that
we
could
handle
those
samples?
D
D
I
wanted
to
circle
back
to
something
that
councilman
begin
brought
up
around
the
school
district,
so
with
the
school
district
planning
to
reopen
to
in-person
classroom
learning
in
the
fall
as
of
right
now
in
the
plan,
the
district
explains
that
the
decision
to
close
or
dismiss
school
rests
solely
with
the
philadelphia
department
of
health.
Can
you
explain
what
specific
criteria
or
conditions
or
what
the
breaking
point
would
be
in
order
for
your
office
to
require
schools
to
close
or
to
move
to
a
more
hybrid
plan.
M
Right
so,
when
we
presented
to
the
school
board
last
week,
we
laid
out
criteria
for
closing
a
classroom,
a
grade
within
a
school,
an
individual
school
or
the
entire
system.
I
won't
go
through
all
those
details
here
in
the
instance
of
time,
but
for
the
entire
system.
We
didn't
lay
out
a
specific
threshold.
That
said,
if
you
hit
this,
then
we
shut
down
the
whole
system.
We
did
lay
out
specific
factors,
we're
going
to
look
at
we're
going
to
look
at
how
much
what
the
evidences
have
spread
within
schools.
M
We'll
look
at
the
community
rates,
whether
those
are
going
up
or
down
and
look
and
see
if
there
is
appears
to
be
a
connection
between
spread
in
schools
and
community
rates,
any
one
of
those
if
it's
bad
enough
may
force
us
to
shut
down
the
entire
system
or
if
we
have
all
three
of
those,
then
we'd
better
be
much
more
likely
to
shut
down
the
whole
school
system.
We
also
will
take
into
account
what's
happening
around
the
country.
M
If
there
are
other
school
systems
that
are
opening
and
they're
finding
outbreaks
in
schools,
then
that
would
make
us
have
a
quicker
trigger
or,
conversely,
if
the
other
school
systems
are
open
and
they're
not
seeing
outbreaks,
then
that
might
give
us
more
confidence.
So
we,
I
think
it's
still
an
open
question.
What
the
school
district
will
end
up
doing
in
the
city,
but
we'll
stay
in
close
contact
with
them,
and
if
we
do
feel
that
it's
unsafe,
we'll
say
that.
D
Okay,
thank
you,
dr
farley,
and
just
really
quickly.
I
asked
this
question
of
the
district
in
one
of
our
meetings,
but
how
will
we
be
able
to
adequately
contact
trace
once
school
starts
again
and
then?
The
third
question
I
have
is
relative
to
the
expansion
of
testing.
Dr
stanford
in
the
black
doctors
covet
19
consortium
provides
testing
within
communities
partnering
with
faith-based
organizations.
D
M
The
second
question
was
expanding
testing,
so
we
are
have
offered
funding
for
organizations
to
provide
testing
to
underserved
communities.
Dr
stanford's
organization
was
the
first
group
funded
by
them.
By
that
we
were
pleased
with
that.
There
have
been,
I
believe,
nine
other
organizations
that
have
received
funding
by
that.
The
einstein
announcement
here
today
is
one
of
the
outcomes
of
that,
but
there
are
other
organizations
as
well.
M
So
we
are.
Our
goal
is
to
have
five
thousand
tests
per
day.
We
are
now
about
three
thousand,
so
we
know
we've
got
a
long
way
to
go
and
we
want
to
expand
particularly
and
underserved
minority
populations
and
also
populations
that
have
difficulty
in
getting
access
to
a
testing
site
for
a
wide
range
of
reasons.
So
those
are
criteria.
We
look
at
very
specifically
with
the
organizations
that
are
requesting
funding.
Okay,
sure.
A
A
A
Last
week
I
was
on
a
board
meeting
for
national
league
cities
and
philadelphia
was
recognized
as
one
of
the
top
cities,
if
not
the
top
city
in
the
nation,
where
people
have
a
higher
propensity
to
wear
the
mask
and
that's
due
to
the
work
and
effort
you're
doing
especially
based
on
the
information,
even
in
this
hearing,
where
you're
educating
people
about
wearing
their
mask.
So
thank
you
for
your
service
and
we'll
continue
to
answer
hard
questions,
but
also
commend
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
with
that.
E
K
F
Afternoon,
mr
chairman
and
councilwoman
bass,
thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity
to
testify
about
the
coven
pandemic
in
philadelphia.
My
focus
will
be
pretty
singular.
I
am
the
executive
director
of
liberty,
resources,
which
is
the
center
for
independent
living
that
serves
people
with
disabilities
throughout
philadelphia.
We
are
federally
funded
through
health
and
human
services.
F
F
Our
mission
has
always
been
that
people
have
a
civil
right.
People
with
disabilities
have
a
civil
right
to
be
integrated
members
of
society
and
live
in
the
community
with
the
supports
and
services
they
need,
and
that
includes
home
care.
We
can
serve
probably
two
and
a
half
to
three
people
in
a
community
setting
for
everyone
that
lives
in
a
nursing
facility.
F
Almost
all
seniors
and
people
with
disabilities
prefer
to
live
independently
as
long
as
possible
in
their
own
homes
and
apartments,
and
we're
proud
in
philadelphia
that
programs,
like
the
housing
trust
fund,
which
was
recently
funded,
are
restored.
Funding
for
accessible,
affordable
housing
has
been
maintained
and
not
reduced.
F
F
We
have
experienced
seven
deaths
from
covet
virus
with
the
people
we
work
with
people
with
disabilities
that
we
move
out
of
nursing
facilities.
Four
of
those
deaths
have
occurred
by
people
who
were
literally
waiting
to
move
out
of
a
nursing
facility
into
the
community
and
were
not
able
to
do
so
quick
enough,
so
they
were
literally
trapped
in
a
nursing
facility
and
passed
away
there.
F
F
So
folks,
some
folks
with
disabilities
are
literally
stranded
in
their
own
homes,
not
able
to
get
out
and
get
the
food
they
need,
or
they
cannot
afford
to
get
the
food
they
need.
To
date.
We've
moved
over
53
tons
of
food
in
collaboration
with
the
city
and
cynthia
figueroa
and
the
share
food
distribution
program.
These
are
contact
free
door
deliveries
where
driver
and
a
food
runner
go
out
to
about
25
addresses
a
day
and
knock
on
the
door
and
leave
household
groceries
for
a
family
of
four
that
lasts
about
four
to
five
days.
F
F
We
have
an
emergency
backup
service
that,
if
the
attendant
cannot
make
it
to
the
person's
home
for
whatever
reason,
including
coven
19
infection,
we
can
send
out
somebody
on
an
emergency
base,
deploy
someone
24
7
to
get
to
that
consumer's
home
and
provide
the
needed
services.
For
us.
Prevention
is
huge
if
we
can
keep
people
in
their
homes.
Instead
of
nursing
facilities,
congregate
settings
hospital
settings
the
stronger
the
likelihood
that
they
will
survive
the
pandemic.
F
And
I
want
to
say
thank
city
council
for
the
opportunity
to
testify
and
I
employ
everybody
to
look
at
our
report
that
was
written
by
liam.
That
was
provided
to
all
of
you
and
it
also
lists
the
top
20
nursing
facilities
in
the
philadelphia
area
with
the
highest
rates
of
infection
and
mortality
rates,
and
we
can,
as
a
city,
do
better.
F
A
O
O
O
Thanks
to
the
dedication
of
our
caregivers,
always
breast
care
has
been
able
to
keep
up
with
the
most
vulnerable
philadelphians
safe
in
their
homes.
During
this
time,
in
addition
to
owning
my
home
care
agency,
I
am
also-
I
also
serve
as
a
board
member
for
the
pennsylvania
home
care
association,
a
state
trade
association
representing
more
than
700
organizations
that
bring
medical
care,
personal
care
and
end-of-life
care
into
thousands
of
people's
homes
every
day
across
the
commonwealth.
O
In
this
great
city
all
right
of
time,
I
don't
want
to
kind
of
be
redundant
and
some
of
the
points
have
been
made.
But
I
do
want
to
hit
some
points
at
the
pennsylvania
home
care
association.
We
like
to
say,
there's
no
place
like
home.
It
is
desire
of
most
individuals
to
age
in
place
and
receive
care
and
supports
in
their
homes.
O
Pennsylvania
has
one
of
the
fastest
growing
aging
populations
in
the
nation,
and
many
of
these
individuals
need
assistance
to
remain
ambulatory
and
active
individuals
who
are
frail
and
or
disabled
should
not
be
relegated
into
institutions
if
they
are
otherwise
able
to
remain
in
the
community,
especially
at
a
time
occult
19
has
had
devastating
consequences
of
those
living
in
congregate.
Care
settings
under
the
community
health
choices
waiver,
which
is
a
part
of
medical
assistance
program
here
in
pennsylvania,
individuals,
receive
non-medical
personal
assistance
services
to
help
them
maintain
their
independence
at
home.
O
O
O
I
want
to
speak
to
the
disproportionate
number
of
minorities
serving
as
a
part
of
the
essential
workforce,
the
direct
care
worker
workforce
of
in
the
home
care
industry.
Is
this
distributor
this
appropriation,
the
disappointment?
I
can't
talk
today
made
up
of
minority
women
in
pennsylvania.
These
individuals
are
doing
incredible,
important
work.
O
People
are
most
vulnerable
safe
in
their
homes,
who
are
average
pay
of
just
11.50
an
hour,
given
their
essential
work
status.
They
are
unable
to
work
from
home
and,
in
many
cases,
rely
on
public
transportation
in
order
to
commute
to
their
clients
home
since
march.
These
caregivers
have
selfishly
risked
their
own
health,
as
well
as
their
family
members
health,
to
ensure
that
those
they
serve
continue
to
receive
necessary
care.
O
They
are
risking
contract
in
colbert.
19
has
been
exacerbated
by
the
ongoing
shortage
of
ppe
home
care
agencies
who
employ
these
courageous.
Frontline
heroes
have
not
been
prioritized
by
pennsylvania's
department
of
health
for
personal
protective
equipment.
However,
the
department
of
health
has
prioritized
consumer
directed
direct
care
workers
and
long-term
care
facilities.
O
O
Ensuring
the
safety
of
my
employees
is
paramount,
and
I
am
sure
that
my
fellow
home
base
care
providers
across
the
commonwealth
and
the
country
would
echo
that
sentiment.
We
have
creatively
sourced
ppe
and
creatively
is
an
understatement.
It
paid
exorbitant
prices
to
ensure
adequate
supplies
are
available
for
our
caregivers.
O
Our
direct
care
workers,
especially
those
who
are
part
of
the
black
brown
communities,
where
health
disparities
already
existed,
should
be
fairly
recognized
and
prioritized
for
ppe
accordingly.
In
conclusion,
I'd
just
like
to
say
thank
you
for
your
time
and
attention
to
these
very
important
issues.
Home-Based
care
providers
are
a
critical
piece
of
the
healthcare
continuum
and,
as
the
direct
care
workers,
nurses
and
therapists
will
bring
quality
care
to
the
home.
A
We
actually
have
to
go
to
the
mayor's
press
conference,
which
is
at
12
30,
so
we're
going
to
take
a
break
and
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
come
back
because
there's
another
council
hearing
on
this
afternoon,
so
we're
going
to
take
a
break
because
I
know
they
have
to
go
over
to
cut
off
to
the
mayor's
press
conference,
which
I'm
probably
about
to
do
that.
Any.